In the 4th Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Dhruva is told by his mother (44.8.19) and Narada (4.8.40) that by worshipping Sri Hari one can fulfill the material desires as well as the desire for liberation. In the 10th Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, King Parikshit (10.88.1-2)Sukadeva(10.88.5-7) and Sr...

I've compared these two wives of Kaśyapa, Ariṣṭhā and Pradhā, and it seems like they're both said to have given birth to the Apsaras Alambuṣā, Miśrakeśī, Vidyutparṇā, etc. Are these different sets of Apsaras with the same names or are these two wives identical?

I am a tamil brahmin from chennai going to live in Bangkok for 3 months. I must do the Amavasya tharpanams. What is the Sankalpam to be followed.that is I am looking for substituion to Baharatha varshe Bharatha kande etc. Kindly suggest me the sankalpam

Who is the author of Tantra Sastras (if only one)? If there are multiple authors, then what are the names of them?

I am here discussing about the question : Which of the six Darshanas are atheistic? It was marked as Duplicate after four days of the original question being posted, by one Moderator who answered the original question! In the mean time the question got attention of many and several upvotes and d...

if Brahman has no attributes like mind,memory.Then how he created universe?if we say maya created with the presence of brahman. maya is jada.if i want to create some thing i have to use my mind to create. if brahman has no mind how can he create universe. Without mind how brahman can think and us...

In which purana brihat samhita finds place?what does this depict?

We generally associate a day for the worship of different gods, like Monday for Lord Shiva, Tuesday for Lord Hanuman. What is the region that we worship Lord Hanuman on Tuesdays and Saturdays? What is the belief and benefits of worshipping him on the given days of the week?

Does the system allow for banning users who engage in disruptive behavior of the following nature: User likes the use of a particular tag. Instead of bringing the issue to notice on meta, user tries to fix the issue themselves i.e., take matters into their own hands. User doesn't believe in com...

https://i.vgy.me/XEDPi5.png I want to achieve liberation and I want to practice contemplation of my identity with Shivji. I have 2 main question- 1. What does it mean to contemplate my identity with Shivji? 2.How can I contemplate my identity with Shivji?

NOTE: I'd like to bolster this question more (dont mind making it community/ wiki types if needed at some point), but the thought came to me while trying to find basis for "conversion and preaching" in scriptures of various faiths and I cant seem to find any root for this or heard of it in Sanata...

Prabhupāda, starts a lecture in August, 1972 by quoting a verse from the Śiva Purāṇa. To strengthen his argument he cites another verse (ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ...) supposedly from the Padma Purāṇa. There are two kinds of bhāgavata: book Bhāgavata and devotee bhāgavata. So in the Śiva ...